Replacing The CDRW On Compaq?

[john]

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I have a Compaq 7598 PIII 600Mhz

It has a CD ROM drive and a CDRW

The CDRW needs to be replaced and was wondering if it might be a problem if
I replaced it with a faster burner which also can read (not write) DVD. The
current one can only write at 4x.

Or would it be better to try to get a cheap burner that's similiar to what I
have?

Would this one work?
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10361870&loc=101&hdwt=22082&sp=1

or this with a DVD

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10360747&loc=101&hdwt=22082&sp=1

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?)

Drives are drives. Any will work.
"John" <john@home.biz> wrote in message
news:nZTUd.37770$ya6.26013@trndny01...
>I have a Compaq 7598 PIII 600Mhz
>
> It has a CD ROM drive and a CDRW
>
> The CDRW needs to be replaced and was wondering if it might be a problem
> if
> I replaced it with a faster burner which also can read (not write) DVD.
> The
> current one can only write at 4x.
>
> Or would it be better to try to get a cheap burner that's similiar to what
> I
> have?
>
> Would this one work?
> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10361870&loc=101&hdwt=22082&sp=1
>
> or this with a DVD
>
> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10360747&loc=101&hdwt=22082&sp=1
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?)

Most any drive will work, but the 600MHz processor speed may impose a limit on
the speed at which a CD can be burned, maybe 16x or so... Ben Myers

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 06:29:39 GMT, "John" <john@home.biz> wrote:

>I have a Compaq 7598 PIII 600Mhz
>
>It has a CD ROM drive and a CDRW
>
>The CDRW needs to be replaced and was wondering if it might be a problem if
>I replaced it with a faster burner which also can read (not write) DVD. The
>current one can only write at 4x.
>
>Or would it be better to try to get a cheap burner that's similiar to what I
>have?
>
>Would this one work?
>http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10361870&loc=101&hdwt=22082&sp=1
>
>or this with a DVD
>
>http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10360747&loc=101&hdwt=22082&sp=1
>
>